Employment for Persons with Disabilities

Employment has articles on this subject along with access to several national job listings including Internet Job Search, Nationwide jobs list from Chronicle of Higher Education and several others.

Employment Information from the CODI Archives

• New Directions In Supported Employment -- OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
• Enhancing Employability -- Enhancing the employability of people with disabilities is a major goal of the vocational rehabilitation process.

Other Employment Resources for Persons with Disabilities

• AFB CareerConnect™-- a free resource for people who are blind or visually impaired to learn about the range and diversity of the jobs held by visually impaired workers, and to plan a career path with the help of mentors who offer advice and share their own personal employment experiences.
• Alabama Association for Persons in Supported Employment
• DDA Training UK -- DDATrainingUK provides various disability awareness training courses and workshops aiming to increase awareness of the Disability Discrimination Act ( DDA UK) as a statutory Act of Parliament and also gives training on how compliance with the work related disability laws and disabled employment.
• Education/Job Training/University Resources- compiled by Jim Lubin
• Employer Assistance Referral Network (EARN) -- a cost-free employment referral service designed to assist employers nationwide with recruitment resources that will guide and refer them to providers who have access to qualified job seekers with disabilities.
• Employment for Persons with Disabilities -- Offers meaningful jobs to people with disabilities
• Federal Employment of People with Disabilities -- This site helps Americans, with and without disabilities, better understand how to hire and retain persons with disabilities.
• Global Representation -- job search connects manufacturers with independent sales reps anywhere in the world
• IBDE -- (Internet Business Development for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities) -- Teaches people with disabilities how to create a home-based Internet web store.
• Job Access -- Working with Companies, Non-Profits, and others to employ people with disabilities
• Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
• Jobability -- The Job site for Disabled People
• Jobs for People with Disabilities -- Federal jobs. Opportunities exist at all levels of government and in hundreds of occupations.
• National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People -- fortnighttly news service in India for and about disabled people, looking at the news and events across India from the point of view of disabled people and their families, disability activists and the disability sector as a whole.
• Recruitability -- Jobs for the disabled
• U.S. Department of Labor

Information for Employers of Persons with Disabilities

• ADA Home Page -- U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Document Center
• Worksupport.com -- Information on work and disability, including accommodations, ergonomics, diversity, etc.

Job Searches

• ABLE-JOB Discussion List
• Global Representation -- job search connects manufacturers with independent sales reps anywhere in the world

Vocational Rehabilitation

• Basic Educational Materials -- publishes employment skills guide and similar
• New York State:
  • VESID - Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
• Rehabilitation Services Administration -- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Dep't of Education
• Community Education Center for Community-Based Rehab Programs -- Region V